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Hot Honeymoon Hotels 2011: Steals and Splurges for Brides-to-Be

globetrotting gourmet — 2011-02-16T10:30:07-05:00

We’re back at it again this year, dishing on the latest and greatest in honeymoon-worthy hotels. From dirt cheap digs in ridiculously stunning places to once-in-a-lifetime luxe splurges, we’ve searched high and low (and across oceans and continents, oh my!) for the 10 most romantic destinations on the planet.

We know that your honeymoon is the most special trip of a lifetime, so here are five splurge and five steal options to help start your life together.

Check out our Steals and Splurges for Brides-to-Be here:

TripAdvisor Keeps It Real by Calling Out Potentially-Fake Reviews

Jenna — 2009-06-10T15:39:04-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/hotelrenewscreenshot.jpg" class="top"> You know what's the worst? Cruising over to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/tripadvisor">TripAdvisor</a> to check out some unbiased, honest guests reviews but stumbling upon a collection of reviews that look like they were written by a PR person or an on-property marketing department. We've gotten pretty good at spotting those and calling them out (see our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/refereeing hotel reviews">Refereeing Hotel Reviews</a> series for a couple examples of sneaky PR folks at work), but TripAdvisor has started to take notice too. And they're taking action. Jeff over at <a href="http://beatofhawaii.com/tripadvisors-new-stand-on-fraud/">Beat of Hawaii</a> recently blogged about a warning he'd come across on the TA page for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Renew+Oahu/local/1506">Hotel Renew</a> in Hawaii; a big red box chillin' on the page that

Honolulu: A Hotel That Renews You on Oahu

EricRosen — 2009-05-04T16:25:16-05:00

You’ve just canceled your trip to Mexico thanks to the swine flu (sorry, Speidi!), but you still have a hankering for a tropical getaway. Where do you go? How about the Hotel Renew on Oahu’s famed Waikiki Beach?

Thanks to the economic crisis, this year’s other great news (sense the sarcasm?), Hotel Renew is offering several "value-added" packages that load you up on perks when you book a room at Oahu’s first designer boutique hotel.